School of Nursing

Doctoral Dissertations

The PhD dissertation is a summation of original research, conducted solely by the candidate on a topic of significance to the development of nursing science. Upon successful defense of a dissertation proposal, a student begins conducting dissertation research. A committee comprising of School of Nursing faculty, as well as external members, directs and evaluates the research and writing of each candidate's dissertation.

Alicia Ribar"The Meaning and Experiences of Healthy Eating In Mexican American Children: A Focused Ethnography"

Wendy Robinson "The Role of the Forensic Nurse in Communities Experiencing Environmental Contamination"

Susan M. Strouse "Nurse Educators' Perceptions about the Culture of Nursing and How They Bring Students into That Culture: A Focused Ethnography"

2011

Valera Hascup "Cultural Expressions, Meanings, Beliefs, and Practices of Mexican American Women During the Postpartum Period: An Ethnonursing Study"

Antonia Rae Torrey"Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Structured Instrument to Assess the Treatment Fidelity of a Brief Opportunistic Intervention Designed to Reduce Substance Use Among Pregnant Women"

Annette M. Weiss"Mothers Behind Bars: The Lived Experience"

Anne E. McKibbin"Assessing the Learning Needs of South Carolina Nurses by Exploring Their Perceived Knowledge of Emergency Preparedness"

Lenore Kolljeski Resick"The Meaning of Health Among Midlife Russian-Speaking Women in the United States"

Gretchen Claire Schumacher"Culture Care Meanings, Beliefs, and Practices of Dominicans in a Rural Village of the Dominican Republic: An Ethnonursing Study Conceptualized Within the Culture Care Theory"

Diane Elizabeth Witt"Growing Old on the Farm: An Ethnonursing Examination of Aging and Health Within the Agrarian Rural Subculture"